Hauenstein (DE)

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Hauenstein is a municipality (3,969 inhabitants end 2022) in the Südwestpfalz district, in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It is situated in the Palatinate forest, approximately 20 km east of Pirmasens. Hauenstein is the seat of the collective municipality ("Verbandsgemeinde") Hauenstein. It is an important centre for the shoe industry, and is home to the German Shoe Museum (Deutsches Schuhmuseum).

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Germany Bundespost

Postal code 76846

Violet bridge type in 2024.

German Empire era

Opening date? There seems to be no post office at this name in the Kreuzer period (before 1876).